Afghanistan
Afghanistan is a country in Middle East with a population of approximately ~41.5 million. Its capital is Kabul. This is the complete reference for identifying Afghanistan in MapDash, Worldle, Globle, and other daily geography puzzles — drawn from one of 212 country profiles in the network.
Quick facts
| Continent / region | Middle East |
| Capital | Kabul |
| Population | ~41.5 million |
| ISO codes | AF / AFG |
| Coordinates | 34.52°, 69.18° |
| Bordering countries | None on file (island or maritime) |
How Afghanistan appears in daily geography puzzles
In MapDash, Afghanistan is identified through the clue sequence: middle east first, then population range (~41.5 million), then bordering countries, then capital (Kabul), then a famous-for hint.
In Worldle, Afghanistan is identified by its country outline shape. In Globle, the heat-map proximity game warms guesses as they approach Middle East.
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Reading Afghanistan in MapDash context
The Afghanistan record above pulls directly from OpenStreetMap country geometries and MapDash editorial commentary. What follows is the per-entity context — how Afghanistan sits in the broader country-guessing geography puzzles distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the OpenStreetMap country geometries and MapDash editorial commentary portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.
Practical use of this page is in combination with the comparison and ranking pages elsewhere on the site, which surface the same data for Afghanistan’s peers within recognized sovereign countries. A single-entity reading without peer context can be misleading when an entity is an outlier on one axis but typical on another.
Frequently asked questions
What is the capital of Afghanistan?
The capital of Afghanistan is Kabul.
What continent is Afghanistan in?
Afghanistan is in Middle East.
What is the population of Afghanistan?
Afghanistan has a population of approximately ~41.5 million.
What countries border Afghanistan?
Afghanistan has no bordering countries on file — likely an island nation or has only maritime neighbors.